The Volpe Center seeks to hire a Supervisory General Engineer. This position may be used to fill two supervisory positions within the Advanced Vehicle Technology Division and the Infrastructure Engineering & Deployment Division. As a Division Chief, you will manage and expand the division’s portfolio of work, interact with sponsors and internal stakeholders, supervise approximately 10-15 technical staff and promote the development of their skills and expertise.
Summary
The Volpe Center seeks to hire a Supervisory General Engineer. This position may be used to fill two supervisory positions within the Advanced Vehicle Technology Division and the Infrastructure Engineering & Deployment Division. As a Division Chief, you will manage and expand the division’s portfolio of work, interact with sponsors and internal stakeholders, supervise approximately 10-15 technical staff and promote the development of their skills and expertise.
Applications will be accepted from any U.S. citizen.
Direct Hire Authority will be used to fill this position. The 'Rule of Three', Veterans Preference and traditional rating and ranking of applicants does not apply to this vacancy.
This is not a Bargaining unit position.
Duties as a Supervisory General Engineer vary by office.
Supervisory General Engineer in the Advanced Vehicle Technology Division, V337: The Advanced Vehicle Technology Division conducts engineering, research, and analysis to improve the safety and cybersecurity of emerging technologies in motor vehicles and supporting infrastructure for the safety of operators and the drivers. The Division conducts safety and security assessments, recommends strategies for system and infrastructure modernization and optimization, and provides independent investigations and evaluations for our partners. The Division’s partners include the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, the Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office, the Federal Highway Administration, the Federal Transit Administration, Department of Defense, and the Department of Homeland Security.
Duties:
Performs detailed crash analysis to identify intervention opportunities by advanced technologies for improving the total safety of motor vehicles and other road users.
Develops concepts and functional requirements for effective vehicle crash avoidance and mitigation systems.
Conducts state-of-the-art technology assessment of systems and associated enabling sensor, positioning, and communication technologies for traffic safety, cyber-security, and mobility.
Evaluates cyber-security risks to automotive control systems, cooperative driving automation, and support infrastructure, and develops mitigation for system cyber-security protection of vehicles and systems.
Supports rule-making activities for vehicle crash avoidance systems and connected and automated vehicles
Supervisory General Engineer in the Infrastructure Engineering and Deployment Division, V335:The Infrastructure Engineering and Deployment Division provides hands-on infrastructure engineering solutions for the National Air Space, marine engineering, integrated systems security, surface and rail systems, and infrastructure and system modernization. The division’s partners include the US Air Force, US Army, US Nay and other Department of Defense partners, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Department of Defense (DOD), National Park Service (NPS), Maritime Administration (MARAD), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Federal Transit Administration (FTA), Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and other federal, state and local agencies.
Duties:
Manages the analysis and testing of new systems and operational procedures to determine technical feasibility, applicability, and cost effectiveness.
Captures, develops, and oversees the Division’s portfolio of projects; ensures technical excellence and leadership; and ensures that high quality products and services are delivered to clients on time and within budget.
Responsible for leading a group of General, Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, Community Planners, Operations Research Analysts, and Information Technology professionals who manage and conduct highly technical and complex projects involving the development of new and/or enhancement of existing aircraft wakes and weather systems and operations.
Knowledge of interrelated operations research, engineering and information technology disciplines such as aeronautical engineering, fluid mechanics, weather phenomenology, electronic systems installed on the ground and in aircraft, advanced computing and signal processing methodologies, and the safety management system approval process
The ideal candidate has experience providing leadership in projects that require comprehensive analysis, engineering assessment, policy or operations research related to transportation technology used to improve the safety, efficiency or effectiveness of transportation systems or operations. This position requires experience in an entrepreneurial, fee-for-service environment, superb communication skills and the ability to build and maintain relationships with staff, colleagues, supervisors and sponsors. The candidate should have strong leadership, personnel supervision, management, engineering, written and oral communication, consulting, interpersonal and problem-solving skills. Significant experience in direct management of staff and programs is required. The candidate should have the ability to lead, direct, develop and mentor staff, to work with high-level agency officials and sponsors, to work with senior leadership and external stakeholders, and effectively collaborate within a management team.
This job is also being advertised as a Supervisory Operations Research Analyst, under announcement number OST.RVOLPE-2023-0010
You must be a U.S. citizen & meet specialized experience to qualify
Submit application and resume online by 11:59 PM EST on the closing date
Required documents must be submitted by the closing date.
Direct Hire Authority will be used to fill this position
CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT:
SELECTIVE SERVICE: Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered for the Selective Service.
GOVERNMENT TRAVEL CARD: This position involves travel. A government contractor-issued travel card will be issued and must be retained for official business only.
SUPERVISORY PROBATIONARY PERIOD: New supervisors must complete a 1-year probationary period (unless already completed).
POSITION SENSITIVITY AND RISK: Varies by position and will be based on the position to which appointed. A position requiring a security clearance is a drug test designated position (TDP). Prior to being selected you must pass a drug test and are subject to random drug testing.
FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE: GS-15 hires will be required to submit an Annual Financial Disclosure Statement.
Qualifications
To meet the minimum qualifications for this position, you MUST meet the education requirements and specialized experience qualifications for the grade at which you are requesting consideration.
To qualify for the GS-15, you must have at least one year of specialized experience equal or equivalent to the GS-14 grade level in the following:
Experience overseeing and/or conducting comprehensive engineering projects and the development of new processes and/or procedures related to improving the efficiency or effectiveness of transportation systems.
Experience managing resources and leading multi-disciplinary technical team(s) in the formulation, development, analysis, and execution of programs to create safety solutions in transportation systems, operations, policies and technologies.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES (KSAs): Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies in the following areas:
Knowledge of the concepts, principles, and theories of engineering and their practical applications.
Skill in preparing and justifying project/program budgets.
Ability to work across disciplinary boundaries and to develop multidisciplinary solutions to complex problems.
Ability to analyze information from a variety of sources.
Ability to create business initiatives, develop funded work opportunities, and establish programs that support the analytical and policy objectives of sponsors.
For all types of consideration, experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
Other applicants must meet all qualification requirements by the closing date of this announcement.
Education
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All applicants must meet one of the following requirements to qualify for consideration for an engineering position:
A. Degree: Engineering. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor’s degree in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by ABET; or (2) include differential and integral calculus and courses (more advanced than first-year physics and chemistry) in five of the following seven areas of engineering science or physics: (a) statics, dynamics; (b) strength of materials (stress-strain relationships); (c) fluid mechanics, hydraulics; (d) thermodynamics; (e) electrical fields and circuits; (f) nature and properties of materials (relating particle and aggregate structure to properties); and (g) any other comparable area of fundamental engineering science or physics, such as optics, heat transfer, soil mechanics, or electronics.
OR
B. Combination of education and experience -- college-level education, training, and/or technical experience that furnished (1) a thorough knowledge of the physical and mathematical sciences underlying engineering, and (2) a good understanding, both theoretical and practical, of the engineering sciences and techniques and their applications to one of the branches of engineering. The adequacy of such background must be demonstrated by one of the following:
Professional registration or licensure -- Current registration as an Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training (EIT)1 , or licensure as a Professional Engineer (PE) by any State, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico. Absent other means of qualifying under this standard, those applicants who achieved such registration by means other than written test (e.g., State grandfather or eminence provisions) are eligible only for positions that are within or closely related to the specialty field of their registration. For example, an applicant who attains registration through a State Board's eminence provision as a manufacturing engineer typically would be rated eligible only for manufacturing engineering positions.
Written Test -- Evidence of having successfully passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE)2 examination or any other written test required for professional registration by an engineering licensure board in the various States, the District of Columbia, Guam, and Puerto Rico.
Specified academic courses -- Successful completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences and that included the courses specified in the basic requirements under paragraph A. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program as described in paragraph A.
Related curriculum -- Successful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelor's degree in an appropriate scientific field, e.g., engineering technology, physics, chemistry, architecture, computer science, mathematics, hydrology, or geology, may be accepted in lieu of a bachelor’s degree in engineering, provided the applicant has had at least 1 year of professional engineering experience acquired under professional engineering supervision and guidance. Ordinarily there should be either an established plan of intensive training to develop professional engineering competence, or several years of prior professional engineering-type experience, e.g., in interdisciplinary positions. (The above examples of related curricula are not all inclusive.) Note: An applicant who meets the basic requirements as specified in A or B above, except as noted under B.1., may qualify for positions in any branch of engineering unless selective factors indicate otherwise.
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How you will be evaluated
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
For this announcement, all applicants will be reviewed to determine if they meet the basic qualifications for this position, specifically the educational requirements. Applications that are verified to meet the basic qualifications will be referred to the selecting official.
Applicants will not be rated or ranked. Veteran’s Preference does NOT apply.
DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE: PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. All answers provided in the on-line process must be substantiated by a resume. If, upon review, it is determined that your resume and/or supporting documents do not support your answer choices, your application may be removed from consideration.
Please ensure that your work history provides enough details to support your answers.
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Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.
ALL Applicants must provide a resume that fully supports the required specialized experience and was created within USA Jobs Resume Builder and respond to the vacancy questions by the closing date of the vacancy. Formatted resumes can be uploaded when you arrive at the DOT application system. For assistance with the resume builder, please visit: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/account/documents/resume/build/
TRANSCRIPTS - Transcripts are REQUIRED if there is a stated education requirement for the series OR if you are substituting education for experience. The transcripts need not be official, but must show that you meet the stated education requirements, including specific major or class requirements.
Foreign education must be reviewed by an organization recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. You must show proof the education credentials have been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education program. For special instructions pertaining to foreign education and a list of organizations that can evaluate foreign education, see the Department of Education website.
If you are applying to an engineering position and are qualifying based on possessing a current Professional Engineer (PE) license, or passing the Engineer in Training (EIT) exam, please provide a copy of PE license or written documented proof of passing the EIT.
DISPLACED EMPLOYEES: If requesting consideration under the Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) or Interagency CTAP program (ICTAP), you must meet the well qualified standards for this vacancy (meeting minimum requirements for position and scoring at least an 85) and provide all of the following documents:
your most recent performance appraisal,
the proof of eligibility letter from the Agency, and
your most current SF-50, displaying current series and grade.
Displaced employees may be eligible for ICTAP or CTAP priority consideration.
Failure to submit any of the required documents by the closing date of the vacancy will result in your removal from consideration for this position. Please review your application prior to final submission and ensure you have submitted all appropriate documents. Uploading documents to USA Jobs does NOT ensure inclusion with your application to our system. You must verify that the documents are in the system with your application prior to final submission.
If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
You must submit a complete application package (including resume, vacancy questions and supporting documents) no later than 11:59 pm (EST) on the closing date of the announcement.
To begin, click the "Apply Online" button on the job announcement posting.
Follow the directions to register, submit all required documents and complete the assessment questionnaire.
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If you are having difficulty applying online, please contact the DOT Automated Staffing Office via email at: Transjobs@dot.gov
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The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
ALL Applicants must provide a resume that fully supports the required specialized experience and was created within USA Jobs Resume Builder and respond to the vacancy questions by the closing date of the vacancy. Formatted resumes can be uploaded when you arrive at the DOT application system. For assistance with the resume builder, please visit: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/account/documents/resume/build/
TRANSCRIPTS - Transcripts are REQUIRED if there is a stated education requirement for the series OR if you are substituting education for experience. The transcripts need not be official, but must show that you meet the stated education requirements, including specific major or class requirements.
Foreign education must be reviewed by an organization recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. You must show proof the education credentials have been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education program. For special instructions pertaining to foreign education and a list of organizations that can evaluate foreign education, see the Department of Education website.
If you are applying to an engineering position and are qualifying based on possessing a current Professional Engineer (PE) license, or passing the Engineer in Training (EIT) exam, please provide a copy of PE license or written documented proof of passing the EIT.
DISPLACED EMPLOYEES: If requesting consideration under the Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) or Interagency CTAP program (ICTAP), you must meet the well qualified standards for this vacancy (meeting minimum requirements for position and scoring at least an 85) and provide all of the following documents:
your most recent performance appraisal,
the proof of eligibility letter from the Agency, and
your most current SF-50, displaying current series and grade.
Displaced employees may be eligible for ICTAP or CTAP priority consideration.
Failure to submit any of the required documents by the closing date of the vacancy will result in your removal from consideration for this position. Please review your application prior to final submission and ensure you have submitted all appropriate documents. Uploading documents to USA Jobs does NOT ensure inclusion with your application to our system. You must verify that the documents are in the system with your application prior to final submission.
If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
You must submit a complete application package (including resume, vacancy questions and supporting documents) no later than 11:59 pm (EST) on the closing date of the announcement.
To begin, click the "Apply Online" button on the job announcement posting.
Follow the directions to register, submit all required documents and complete the assessment questionnaire.
You may review your saved application(s) at https://my.usajobs.gov.
If you are having difficulty applying online, please contact the DOT Automated Staffing Office via email at: Transjobs@dot.gov
DOT, OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
1200 New Jersey Ave., SE / HAHR-50
Washington, District of Columbia 20590
United States
Next steps
You may check your application status by logging into USAJobs.com (Select "My USAJobs" and click "Applications". As needed, a Human Resources Specialist will evaluate your application. Qualified candidates will be referred to the hiring manager. If you are selected for an interview, the hiring agency will contact you directly. Once the position is filled, we will notify all applicants of their final status.
Fair and transparent
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
